Last Boeing C-17 leaves Southern California assembly plant

The final Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military airlifter at the company’s plant in Long Beach, Calif. departed on Sunday, Nov. 29, marking the official end of aircraft production i
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Vulcan XH588: The Last Flight

Final Flight of the Vulcan at Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield. A stunning display!
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Vulcan Bomber Flies At The Scottish Airshow 2015

A full XH558 Vulcan last display flight before her final retirement from a live broadcast of the Scottish Airshow 2015.
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Lockheed to buy United Tech’s Sikorsky for over $8 billion

By Andrea Shalal and Lewis Krauskopf WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) has agreed to buy United Technologies Corp’s (UTX.N) Sikorsky Aircraft for over
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Northrop Grumman and US Navy Celebrate Legacy of EA-6B Prowler

The U.S. Navy’s venerable EA-6B Prowler tactical jamming aircraft, designed and built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), has been a fixture at Naval Air Station Whid
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Blue Origin’s Successful First Flight of New Shepard Space Vehicle

Jeff Bezos of Blue Origin reported… Today we flew the first developmental test flight of our New Shepard space vehicle. Our 110,000-lbf thrust liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen
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Joseph Victor Mizrahi (1933-2015)

We have the sad duty to report that the original Wings & Airpower owner, publisher, and editor Joe Mizrahi died this month. We honor his life and accomplishments with this memo
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B-29 “Doc” Rolled Out After Refurbishment

Seventy years ago today in 1945, a B-29, one of 1,644 manufactured in Wichita during World War II, rolled off the assembly line at Boeing and was delivered to the U.S. Army Air For
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Flying the AgustaWestland’s AW609 Tiltrotor

AW609 Test Pilot Describes What it’s Like to Fly a Tiltrotor AgustaWestland’s AW609 Tiltrotor promises the range and speed of a fixed-wing aircraft and the flexibility
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The Rewards of Risk: Innovation at Mojave, NASA Armstrong & Edwards AFB

[hr4] In this video, innovative ideas on the future of space travel and aerospace dynamics are the brainchild of Mojave Spaceport’s, Stu Witt; NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
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